Objective: Despite growing interest in leveraging motivational techniques to address restrictive eating, it is not yet clear how to most effectively promote motivation to reduce this behavior. Drawing from a behavioral economic framework, the present study evaluates a novel approach for increasing motivation to address disordered eating by amplifying the potential benefits of reducing dietary restriction and the consequences of maintaining disordered behaviors.
Method: A sample of 126 undergraduate students engaging in restrictive eating participated in a 7-day online experiment.
Objectives: To describe the impact of a standardized opioid prescribing intervention when implemented in three family medicine (FM) residency training - clinics-environments that face operational challenges including regular resident turnover.
Design: We performed a retrospective cohort study to compare patterns of long-term opioid prescribing between residency and nonresidency clinics.
Setting: This study took place within a large, academic, health system.
Quality of life and loneliness are closely associated with mental and physical health outcomes. This relationship is particularly important in Veterans who experience elevated rates of disabilities, comorbidities, and chronic health conditions as compared with non-Veterans. In the present project, we use data from the Military Health and Well-Being Project ( n = 1469, 67.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHmong-Americans experience higher rates of diabetes and poorer diabetes-related health outcomes than their White peers. Traditional methods of diabetes education do not reach Hmong patients effectively due to known socioeconomic and literacy barriers. The purpose of this study is to examine the acceptability of a culturally informed diabetes self-management education video tool, using digital storytelling that was created using a community-engaged approach, administered in a single academic clinic that sees a large percentage of Hmong patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary care providers (PCPs) manage a large portion of patients with diabetes. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) can give detailed information about glucose trends to improve treatment and safety. We conducted a prospective cohort pilot study to understand patient experience with the use of professional CGM in a primary care practice with a high volume of diverse, non-English speakers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFor 5 years, our family medicine clinic's physician-pharmacy team managed anticoagulation onsite. Now, against our recommendations and desires as a clinic, anticoagulation at our site is no longer managed by our local interdisciplinary team. Instead, it is being managed by our system's centralized anticoagulation team.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCOVID-19 emerged in 2019 and has since killed more than two and a half million people worldwide. Several studies have investigated the role of COVID-19 on the prevalence of mental health outcomes, with general findings indicating elevated rates of mental health issues as compared to the pre-COVID-19 era. However, the effect of specific demographic features is less clear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF► Upper extremity pain ► Upper extremity edema ► Recent diagnosis of heart failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of this quality improvement project was to design and implement a systematic team-based care approach to medication reconciliation, with a goal of physician-documented medication reconciliation at 70% of all patient office visits.
Setting: Ambulatory clinics located in urban, underserved communities in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN.